Munich, The City of The Full of Life
February 12, 2010 / posted in category : europe, germany
Munich, the Bavarian capital, is located in southern Germany near the Alps and surrounded by beautiful mountain scenery. With an area of just over 300 square kilometers, Munich, which is also bisected by the river “Isar” is a lively city with a proud past and a future show that looks promising .
Founded in 1158, back in the thirteenth century became the residence of nobles and aristocrats. And in the nineteenth century were built within its limits most emblematic buildings. In 1918 Bavaria proclaims itself as a free state and after the Second World War, the city of Munich stands as a social and economic metropolis, even internationally.
Apart from its historical past and culture that follows, Munich is a lively, vital, full of cozy places like biergartens, where you can sit outside to read if you are too busy to chat with fellow travelers or people of the country, and drink the excellent German beers. The largest of those who find there is Chinesischer Turm, with no less than 7,000 seats.
If you decide to walk and get lost in the streets and squares, some of which you must visit are the Schellingstrasse, with its variety of dining and shopping of all kinds, Maximiliansplatz and beauty of its buildings, the Viktualienmarkt, with its incredible amount of stalls selling fruit, vegetables and flowers, the Englishcher Garten (English Garden), which sit on your lawn in the warm sun, or take a bicycle ride in the days of summer, is a true delight.
And if you’re willing dive into their culture, you’ll find in this city a number of interesting museums, including the Alte Pinakothek, galleries devoted to painting belonging to the Bavarian period from the Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century, the Neue Pinakothek, which, For its part, collects works of art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, which reveals the craftsmanship and German art, or the Deutsches Museum, which is devoted to science.
And if you go between late September and early October you can attend the Oktoberfest. or raves of beer, which lasts about two weeks, is held every year and attracts thousands of tourists to the ever-young city of Munich.